Best PlacesIron Post, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Iron Post, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Iron Post ranks 41,815th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Iron Post
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Iron Post's strengths and weaknesses
Where Iron Post ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 73% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 64% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 63% of towns
Where Iron Post ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Iron Post
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Iron Post home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,623, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Iron Post's effective rate of 0.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Iron Post
Iron Post runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Iron Post.
Who works in Iron Post, and how
Work in Iron Post centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Iron Post
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Iron Post.
What the weather is like in Iron Post, month by month
Iron Post sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 38° | 29° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Iron Post
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 200 miles away.
The best schools in and around Iron Post
Schools across Iron Post average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Collins EsC− · 29% proficient
- Gypsy Public SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bristow MsD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Bristow HsC− · 27% proficient
- Paden HsD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Iron Post school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Iron Post measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Iron Post against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Iron Post
Is Iron Post a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Iron Post ranks 41,815th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on the weather and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Iron Post expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $213,558. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $56,623 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Iron Post safe?
Iron Post is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $558 per resident a year.
Compare Iron Post with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Iron Post. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Iron Post represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Iron Post detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Iron Post: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Iron Post: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Iron Post: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Iron Post: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Iron Post detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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